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I realized it's been awhile since I posted a belly bump photo update that showed the skin. It's amazing to me to look at the other ones and see how much I've grown. One morning I woke up and literally felt like it really popped out. My belly button is still an innie, but when I laugh, cough, or sneeze it resembles an outtie. It cracks Tony up!! I also never knew I had a freckle inside my belly button lol. I'm doing really great! I just had my glucose testing last Thursday to make sure I haven't developed gestational diabetes and haven't heard anything back yet. They said no news is GOOD news so hopefully I don't hear from them :) He moves all the time, and they are beginning to change from just little bubble pops (jabs/feet kicks) to feeling like he's rolling. I've even see my belly move now! The other day I was in the bath and he got his first hiccups. It's all been so amazing to feel and I know it's a blessing to experience this.
We should have nursery updates coming soon so be on the look out for them..
Hope you enjoy the pics!! :)
XO, Soni
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
It's been awhile. Time for an update. What's happened lately and what's coming up.
We've entered the third trimester now. This Thursday will be Week 28! We're entering the final stages, the last third of this journey!
We've begun working on the baby shower - which consists of building a list and gathering addresses. Then our wonderful friend, Kali Akana, my mom, Tina, and Sonia's mom Kristi are doing all the work with setting up the shower, sending out the invites, and everything else. Big thanks to them and we are looking forward to both of the showers. We had to break the parties into two - one mainly for family and one mainly for friends, there were just so many people we wanted to share this with.
With the shower coming up that means Sonia and I have to start and fill our baby registry. So far we have one started at Babies R Us and we need to fill it up with much more stuff --because, you know, who doesn't love gifts, especially when having a baby requires so much stuff?!
A name. Heh. Well...still nothing much to report there. We haven't made time to sit down together and really go over name choices to pick one. We kicked around some names here and there but nothing serious. We have some ones we like but are still waiting for that one name to really stand out...well, another one to stand out besides Alistair =P (I know, I know, not a favorite of many but its working for now haha).
Little Man is getting stronger and I've been feeling his kicks and punches get stronger and feeling them more often. A few nights ago I laid my head on Sonia's belly to listen for the heartbeat (apparently you can hear it that way sometimes). Well, baby man decided to throw me a kick right in the face and followed up with a four-hit combo. I guess I was invading his space and he was defending his personal bubble. haha.
Mini-mister is also able to hear now as well. Which means Daddy is going to dedicate some time for some father-son TOOL time. I saw a youtube video this week, shared by a friend, a mom, who also loves TOOL. I'd have to wipe away a tear from my eye when I see my son do this:
Some stuff coming up...Sonia is taking her glucose test on Thursday. Here's to some good results after she chugs down that sugary drink!!
Baby room resurrection is still coming along. We bought a lot of the big, major furniture we're gonna need. Now I just need to clean the room up, disinfect it, paint, build the furniture, and arrange it. Easy enough. I should have that done in 45 minutes tops. =P
Lastly, today, May 24, is my 30th birthday - kicking off a great year of age. I'm entering my 30s and will become a father, experience a lot of first holidays with the little guy, and so much more. I'm looking forward to it.
I can't believe I am already 24 weeks pregnant. I feel like this is all literally flying by so much!! Since the last 'skin' bump pic I took was back at 16 weeks, I thought it was about time to show how much little man has grown!
A shot from the front, which I've never done. Yes my belly button is starting to change a little, and I no longer am wearing my belly ring ;)
And a side shot:
Things are going really well. We actually went out and bought quite a few baby items this last weekend. Crib, Dresser/Changing table, car seat, stroller, pack-n-play/bassinett and a swing. It's time to start really working on Little Man's nursery! We will keep you updated!!
So today marks the start of another week...WEEK 23!! The end of my 5th month being pregnant. That is so surreal to me!! I swear this is all going so fast.
This morning I'm sitting at my desk at work, and just laughing because I swear that 'little man' is trying to impersonate the Easter Bunny. He's hopping around all over the place!! I enjoy feeling him move inside me so much!! At this point it's just soft little flutters, and not the painful jabs that my fellow preggos and fellow mommies have told me will come when he gets bigger and stronger ;) I'm so happy that Tony finally felt him move too. We were just staring at each other while he waited patiently, hand on belly, to feel any movement. When little man kicked and we both looked at each other knowing we both felt it at the same time, it was a GREAT moment, and one that I'll never forget!
I signed us up today for a childbirth prep class that will cover basic baby care, baby behaviors, newborn feeding, labor and birth, basic comfort techniques, postpartum care for the new family, and a tour of the Labor and Delivery suites. It's a 6 week course that we'll attend once a week from 6:30-9pm. I'm excited!
Hope all is well with our family and friends. We are all doing great in the Rossman household :)
Sonia's been feeling the "flutters" from our son's movement for a few weeks now and I've tried to catch the movements a couple times but was unsuccessful. According to the midwives, my son doesn't hate me if I don’t feel him kick once I place my hand on Sonia's belly. Apparently, some fathers get all emo about not feeling their baby kick and think the baby doesn't like them. So the midwife thought I should know that I have a calming influence over my son which is why he may stop moving once I place my hand on the belly. I was surprised to hear grown men get all sad if their baby doesn't kung fu their hand all the time when they place it on their girls' bellies (sheesh, some men are just sissies these days). The calming influence makes sense; so does the timing. The baby's strength doesn't get strong enough to really feel the kicks until the 24th week, up until the 26th week. We're coming up on week 23 on Thursday. So, I was able to feel a few movements slightly - mainly because Sonia confirmed that yes the baby did move whenever I thought I felt something. The movements felt like air bubbles popping inside the belly - like when the stomach grumbles it kinda vibrates or when a person holds a burp in and the air, the gas pops inside the throat. I dunno, I guess it's hard to describe unless you've felt it before.
Nonetheless, it was cool to feel my son's movement, even if it was a faint sensation on my hand. Hopefully in the coming weeks when he gets stronger, I'll be able to feel some stronger kicks and punches!
Hey guys, I took these two pictures and and just getting around to uploading them. :)
Week 20 was taken on the morning of 03.31.11...the day we got to find out that we were having a little boy! As promised, bump pictures will always be posted HERE FIRST!
I have just started to POP like crazy this past week, so I plan on taking another picture of just the skin this weekend and posting as well! He's also been moving around like crazy, I LOVE IT!! KEEP POSTED!!!
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